On September 14th, 2018 CBC Radio Active host Adrienne Pan joined AHC’s youth and facilitators for its weekly Youth Talk Club session held every Friday from 4-5:30pm at Mill Woods Public Library. Adrienne held a discussion with the youth about what home means to them and their experiences adjusting to life in Canada. The Youth Talk…
On August 25, 2018. AHC held it’s annual Community Soccer Tournament at the McQueen community center & Archbishop MacDonald High School soccer fields. More than 250 players, partners and supporters from different communities participated. Partner agencies were the City of Edmonton, McQueen Community, Archbishop MacDonald School and the Edmonton Food Bank. Listed below are the participants of the day and…
On Thursday, August 16th, AHC held its 6th annual Diversity Health Fair. We were very honored to have MLA David Shepherd, Edmonton-Centre attend the fair, behalf of Honorable MP Sarah Hoffman, who sent her regrets due to unforeseen circumstances. Our Board Chair, Mr. Michael Beard, welcomed Mr. Shepherd and all the Alberta Health Exhibitors. As well, Vice Chair, Mr. Ahmad Dean…
On Friday, August 3rd AHC held a youth summer event. The event was full of fun and entertainment with a good number of youth participants. The youth enjoyed various activities during the event, including a soccer game, painting, among other fun and games, and also has the opportunity to make new friends as well. View images from…
On Saturday, July 28th AHC held it’s 2nd Annual Community Talent Show. There were 278 attendees with a mosaic of music and cultural colors demonstrated by children, youth, adults and seniors. We had a line up at the Henna art table, the animal balloons table and the delicious food table donated by Safeway/ Sobeys and COBS…
On Saturday, July 21st, the Business Program team held its Graduation ceremony to celebrate the achievements of the program participants who are enrolled in three different initiatives. The event was well organized and attended by people from all walks of life including three MLAs, a city councilor, representative of various organizations, funders, partners and participants from three groups with…
This July, HACK and EPSB teamed up to provide a free indigenous cultural summer camp. Children in the program learned about identifying themselves culturally and socially while also practicing and learning new skills in music, crafts, technology, dance, social, emotional and physical health, language and literacy and other types of self-development.In addition, HACK offered nutritious…
On Saturday, June 23rd AHC held its annual Community Action Dash event. More than 120+ people participated in the Dash to fundraise money for AHC’s programs. Runners were invited to a high-energy warm-up, courtesy of the Kandela Flow Zumba Group, before taking off for their 5 and 10 k run/walks. Everyone kept in high momentum and enthusiasm and finished their 5…
On Wednesday June 6, 2018. AHC held its 23rd Annual General Meeting, gathering our Board of Directors, members, staff, volunteers, and clients to review our achievements over the last year. AHC was excited to share its exponential growth in all areas including: expanding into an additional floor at our office location (10578 113 Street), adding…
AHC’s Youth Soccer Club met on Thursday, May 31st to a provide an general review of team’s achievements from 2016 till now, player Code of Conduct, opportunity for team leadership roles, and 2018 Action Dash Event participation & volunteering opportunities. View images from the meeting below.